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If any American food deserves its own celebration, it’s pie. The American Pie Council has declared Jan. 23 as National Pie Day.

While Americans didn’t create the first pie (it’s believed the Egyptians did about 2000 B.C. before passing it on to the Greeks who spread it throughout the Roman Empire), it somehow evolved into our national dessert.

That’s strange considering that early pies were predominantly made from inedible rye crusts, goat cheese and honey.

In 1999, their oldest daughter, Shelly, 20, died in her sleep from respiratory failure.

To cope with the loss, Jere, a carpenter for the Los Angeles County school system and Sandy, who was homeschooling their children, Cia, B.J., Skip and Molly Kate, took the family to a nearby bluegrass festival.

There – while listening to Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys – the Cherryholmes found healing.